Download the IPSC Handbook 2012 here.

The ESU International Public Speaking Competition has now entered its 31^st year. When the IPSC started, it was an international tournament between England and Australia only. Today, the competition reaches over 40,000 young people in around 50 countries across the globe. Recent winners of the competition have included Mauritius, The Philippines, Yemen, Lebanon and South Korea.

The purpose of the IPSC is to bring together the best speakers from all over the world for a week of international cultural exchange. It showcases the very highest standard of public speaking from around the world, while giving delegates an opportunity to meet and engage with other young people of different backgrounds and cultures.

Dates

IPSC 2012 will run from Monday 14 – Friday 18 May 2012. The programme for the week is available here, and includes debating and public speaking workshops delivered by world class coaches and mentors, a number of educational and cultural trips and excursions in London, as well as the heats, semi-finals and grand final of the competition.

Themes

In keeping with the format of last year’s competition, are releasing two themes: the national theme, which may be used by public speaking coordinators for their national competition finals, and the international theme, which will be used at the final of the international competition in May. This year’s national theme is The Wisdom of Youth and the international theme is The Head or the Heart?

Handbook and Programme

The 2012 handbook is now available to view online and download. The handbook contains the dates and themes for IPSC 2012, the rules of the competition, an explanation of the competition structure and comprehensive guidelines and tips for speakers and adjudicators.

Registration Forms

The registration, information and payments forms for the IPSC 2012 are now online and able to download below:

IPSC 2012 Payment Form
IPSC 2012 Preliminary Registration Form
IPSC 2012 Survey of National Public Speaking Competitions
IPSC 2012 Accompanying Guest Information Form
IPSC 2012 Participant Information Form

The Preliminary Registration form should be completed by the National Public Speaking Competition Organiser and should be submitted to ipsc@esu.org before Friday 2 March 2012. The participant and accompanying guest information forms should be completed by participants and accompanying guests respectively and should be submitted to ipsc@esu.org before Friday 6 April 2012. The payment form may be completed by the National Public Speaking Competition Organiser, participants and/or accompanying guests and should be submitted to ipsc@esu.org before Friday 4 May 2012.

All forms must be completed using Microsoft Word (or similar word processing software) and must be submitted by email. Forms completed in any other way (e.g. forms completed by hand) or received by any other means (e.g. by post or by fax) will be returned to sender.